Hiding personal information

It's time now to talk about a term you may have heard of, called metadata and that's because if you are sharing documents…with others, you need to know that each document you work with will have hidden data containing potentially personal information…as well that you may or may not want to share with others.…Metadata can be comments, revisions document properties and your personal information.…Good news is, if you don't want to share your personal information,…you can remove it before sharing the document with others.…That's what we are going to look at in this lesson.…

I have already opened up a file from the Lesson15 folder of my exercise files called NewsletterE.doc…and you can see we are in Compatibility Mode here.…So this is an older version of the document.…You can go ahead and open that if you have got the exercise files.…We are not going to do much with the document.…We can see the content of the document, this newsletter.…What we can't see is that hidden metadata, unless we reveal it by going up to the File menu…

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2/8/2008

In Word 2008 for Mac Essential Training, instructor David Rivers examines each important feature of this ubiquitous word processing software. David explores the Word 2008 for Mac interface, goes over simple tasks such as creating and saving documents, and delves into advanced editing, formatting, and layout features. He also teaches how to proof documents, use the powerful Mail Merge Manager, and share, print, and collaborate on projects.

Topics include:

Understanding the Word 2008 for Mac interface
Creating and saving new documents
Setting print options and printing
Editing and formatting text
Formatting paragraphs and pages
Proofing documents
Using bullets and numbering
Creating tables and charts
Editing and deleting styles
Using the Mail Merge Manager
Sharing and collaborating on documents